Looking for the Confederate War

Ok- I learned something new today. That’s not to say that I don’t learn something new every day, I just thought I would share it with you to...

Greetings folks! There is an article in The Daily Citizen about an upcoming living history at Chickamauga National Battlefield Park. A grou...

I think I was able to put two and two together this morning and come out with the original color company of the 58th NCT. The color guard of...

Time for our look around the old North State. There is an article on the passing of CSS Neuse II’s founder Ted Sampley on encToday. Check it...

I thought I would pass along a 58th NCT update. This morning, I wrote the last paragraph in the book. There will undoubtedly be some things ...

Greetings folks! I received this email concerning my last post – thanks to Richard Howland who lives in California for the information. I r...

I had the distinct pleasure this past Saturday to work (again) in the Hill/Ledford Cemetery in Mitchell County. There are at least four Civi...

Interesting article this morning on the digitation of Freedman’s Bureau records in Virginia in the Winston-Salem Journal . You can read the ...

I thought this morning we would turn our attention to Lenoir County, over toward the east coast. Lenoir County is named for Gen. William Len...

Well folks, here are some items that I saw in a search around different online news outlets. There is an article on Politico.com on Rep. Ale...

Dang – I messed up. It is the 146th Anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg, not the 145th – what was I thinking?

Since it’s the 145th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg, I guess I should write something in honor of the event. I meant to get involve...

Greetings folks! Got a blurb about the last Troop book release from the North Carolina Archives. I hope you enjoy. Volume XVII: Junior Res...

Ok – I’ll be honest, not much going on in my blogging world this week. I’ve edited the first three chapters of the 58th NCT book, and I’ve f...

Someone asked me the other day what my interest in the 58th North Carolina Troops was – did I have an ancestor in the regiment? No, I’m not...

Not much going on in the news as of late pertaining to North Carolina the War. Here are a couple of articles that I did find. There is an ar...

I come up with 2,021 men in the 58th NCT. Does anyone have a larger North Carolina regiment? Email me (mchardy@michaelchardy.com) or post a ...

I’m bothered. Bothered that a copy of Maj. George W. F. Harper’s parole is not in his Compiled Service Record. It is undoubtedly clear that ...

One of the things I included in the last chapter of both the 37th NCT book and the 58th NCT book is a brief description of the United Confed...

I’m working hard on the 58th NCT this week, so not a lot of time to get other things (like blogging) done. Here is a quick look around our b...